Would like info on this pilot who appears to have severed in the Sonnderkommand Elba fighter unit who crashed aircraft into Allied bombers.Did he die in a crash ?
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Hi Acidinges,
Per Jäger Blatt 1/2001, he rammed a B-17 in the Schwarmstedt area, on 7 April, 1945, and bailed after doing so.
Taken to a Schwarmstedt hospital for treatment.
Later served as a Transport pilot.
Best regards
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If the same guy as Eric-Jan mentions then the Wehrpass holder was a Feldwebel with Iron Cross 1st and 2nd class?
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Archiv Marktscheffel shows :
Fw. Theo de Bruyn : 1 B-17 gerammt.
Although here spelled as Theo and the Wehrpaß shows Teo, I am sure that it is the same pilot, de Bruyn (more a Dutch name, including his father's first name Teunis) is not such a common name in Germany.
Best regards
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I think the name of the Sonderkommando was Elbe, like the river
Elbe, not Elba like the island.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonderkommando_Elbe
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Wow nice, that must be a rare passbook indeed
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